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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 184 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Test
  3. True
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Imagine
  6. think of wild ideas
  7. Test
  8. Improve
  9. False
  10. Ask
  11. make a prototype
  12. True
  13. Imagine
  14. Improve
  15. True
  16. Ask
  17. draw a labelled diagram
  18. measure its performance
  19. Create
  20. redesign after testing
  21. False
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. Ask
  29. Create
  30. False
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Plan
  34. Improve
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. True
  38. Plan
  39. Test
  40. try it out

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